Senior Project Manager - MEH Enabling

Job Title: Senior Project Manager - MEH Enabling
Location: Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF60804

At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Project Manager - MEH Enabling, at our Bristol site.

The role
As a Senior Project Manager - MEH Enabling, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. As part of the MEH Enabling team, you will be based in Bristol with frequent travel to the MEH offices in Bridgewater and Hinkley Point C site, acting as the lead for Cavendish Nuclear in managing the MEH (Mechanical, Electrical and HVAC) Alliance contract, reaching back into the wider organisation for support where required.

Day-to-day, you'll be responsible for the successful delivery of the project including financial management, forecasting, stakeholder management and customer relationship management, amongst identifying and leading opportunities to support additional packages of work.

• Ensuring the forecast resourcing strategy delivers the MEH need, managing internal Cavendish Nuclear stakeholders as required
• Providing overall operational and strategic management of the MEH on behalf of Cavendish Nuclear, collaborating with relevant professional leads to allocate and control project resources to meet delivery targets
• Providing end-to-end delivery throughout the project lifecycle, you'll also be responsible for supporting with requirement capture, scoping, technical and commercial solutions and the generation of pricing models and proposal documents
• Ownership of project risk management
• Leading the monthly accountability including finance review and monthly Project Board
• Working cross-functionally to manage the project on behalf of Cavendish Nuclear, leading on activities such as Commercial, Procurement, HSE and Operations

This position involves travel/working across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role.

This role is full time, thirty-five hours per week, and is based at Bristol and requires regular travel to Hinkley Point C (near Bridgwater) on a regular basis alongside home working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Senior Project Manager - MEH Enabling

• Considerable experience in the advanced application of Project Management techniques in a relevant technical project environment
• Health and Safety leadership - Experience of working within a highly regulated industry
• Experience in leading and managing a team of project staff, providing direction and motivation
• Excellent financial management to ensure a high level of forecasting on projects
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of contract and commercial management
• Experience working with senior stakeholders both internally and externally
• Knowledge of Piping or Welding is highly desirable

Qualifications for the Senior Project Manager - MEH Enabling

• APM PMQ, Chartered status or equivalent (advantageous)

We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role.

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive ten days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.